Arizona · Private foundation
The Steele Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,025,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 49
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $66M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations The Steele Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 32 | $3.7M | 34% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $3.3M | 23% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $3.9M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 47 | $3.8M | 43% |
| FY2020 | 49 | $2.8M | 69% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arizona Foundation | $5,228,100 | 5 | 1% |
| Barrow Neurological Foundation | $1,575,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $1,225,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Brophy College Preparatory | $1,048,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Arizona Science Center | $1,000,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Make Way For Books | $550,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Literacy Connects | $410,000 | 4 | 6% |
| The Heard Museum | $345,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Childsplay Inc | $315,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Arizona Jewish Historical Society | $300,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 64 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Steele Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Thunderbirds Charities · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Burton Family Foundation · American Express Foundation · John F Long Foundation Inc · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · BHHS Legacy Foundation · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Valley of the Sun United Way
How this is measured
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About The Steele Foundation Inc
- How much does The Steele Foundation Inc give?
- The Steele Foundation Inc reported 34 grants totaling $3,685,389 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 49 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Steele Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (52%), Health (8%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are The Steele Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: University of Arizona Foundation ($5.2M), Barrow Neurological Foundation ($1.6M), Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($1.2M).
- Does The Steele Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Steele Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Steele Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust, Thunderbirds Charities.
- Where is The Steele Foundation Inc based?
- The Steele Foundation Inc is based in AZ.
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